Sahara Inn - Los Angeles

My downfall

Liked: The size of the room and the design.
Disliked: I didn't really like the staff or the area it was in.

Exceptional

Disappointing

Bad

Liked: Nothing.
Disliked: Everything bad in every review is true. I personally do NOT like the smell of pine-sol and the room wreaked of it, but it was not clean. There were spots of dirt or other stuff I’m not sure of on the floor, but not clean. The bathroom was not clean. Looking at the back of the toilet there was urine, hair, and other stuff I’m not sure of. There were handprints on the shower walls. There was hair and other stuff on the floor in the bathroom. You only get 2 bath towels. No hand towels and no washcloths. When I went to use the first bath towel and I opened it there was a hair in it. I grabbed the other towel and there were stains on it or it just wasn’t clean. Looking at the sheets on the bed they seemed cleaned. The bed was very uncomfortable, it almost felt like you were sleeping on a table. You only get one pillow and it was thin. I booked a room with a king bed and a got queen bed. There was some lady almost howling like a dog each night we were there at 3:00 am and carried on for quite some time. Then you have someone else screaming at her to shut up. Each morning when we woke up to go to the bathroom there were a couple of cockroaches and they were very small. We ended up buying some cheap towels for us to use. We also bought Lysol wipes to clean the room and bathroom ourselves.

Bad

Good

Liked: Helpful staff and large rooms with comfy beds!
Disliked: Area is a little sketchy, especially as a solo traveler

Good

If you are an Anglo...

Liked: There was no breakfast.
Disliked: The location was in the middle of Southeast LA with crowing roosters at all hours, gunshots, difficult lift rider extraction. For an Angle I was very much out of my environment and did not feel safe at all until I was locked in my room. The room was clean. I asked that the battery in the room be changed, but it was not and beeped all night long.

Don't do it. Cheap isn't...

Liked: The was a trash bag in the trash can. Floor was clean.
Disliked: Stains on sheets. Only 2 towels for 2 people. Even asked for more. There is no towel for the floor to stand on. Wouldn't answer bookings for a refund on one day due to a medical emergency. Wouldn't accommodate a downstairs room for disabled people. Someone banging on the door in the middle of the night. Shady people hanging around.